...presumably the reason for the technology is finding bad guys. Can you imagine all the bad guys walking around with huge smiles, thinking the bigger the smile, the less likely they will be recognized.

Not that reverse psychology was at hand, but it sure could work out that way at least for the kind of people they are trying to track with it.

As soon as I looked at my new passport picture the first thing that hit me was, "Are you kidding me?? If you want the stereotype of every terrorist who ever lived, that's me. I'll never get through security now."

is to make it look like a mug shot. Just part of our training. Stand in line folks and wipe that smile off your face. The software doesn't recognize any sign of humanity. Its a brave new world where corporations are people and people are just a cog in the machine.